College Football: 13 of 20 Remaining Undefeated Teams on ESPN Nets – Three Matchups between Unbeatens

The college football schedule across ESPN networks on Saturday, Oct. 5, will include 13 of the remaining 20 undefeated teams, highlighted by three matchups between unbeatens.

ESPN will kick off and end its coverage with a game between undefeated programs: No. 25 Maryland at No. 8 Florida State at noon and No. 15 Washington at No. 5 Stanford at 10:30 p.m. The ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Windows telecast at 8 p.m. ET will pit No. 4 Ohio State at No. 16 Northwestern.

Additional highlights for Saturday, Oct. 5:

ABC will televise two of the unbeaten teams at 3:30 p.m. in a reverse mirror with ESPN2: No. 19 Michigan against one-loss Minnesota and No. 3 Clemson at new ACC member Syracuse. The ABC window will also include one-loss No. 21 Oklahoma State against Kansas State.

ESPN3 will showcase four of the unbeaten squads: No. 1 Alabama against Georgia State at 12:21 p.m., No. 7 Louisville at Temple at noon, Northern Illinois at Kent State at 3:30 p.m. and Missouri at Vanderbilt at 7:30 p.m.

In addition to undefeated teams in action, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 Saturday 7 p.m. games will involve at least one one-loss team: No. 24 Ole Miss at Auburn in a showdown of two one-loss SEC squads (ESPNU), No. 10 LSU at Mississippi State (ESPN & ESPN Radio), No. 18 Florida against Arkansas (ESPNU) and Cincinnati at South Florida (ESPN3).

All ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 games will be available through WatchESPN, accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app, through ESPN on Xbox LIVE to Gold members and on Apple TV to fans who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.

ESPN Goal Line network will offer unlimited live cut-ins and highlights from numerous top college football games every Saturday beginning at noon. Goal Line is currently available to Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Cox, Cablevision, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast and Midcontinent Communications customers.

ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio Schedule

Date

Time (ET)

Matchup/Commentator

Network

Thu, Oct 3

7:30 p.m.

Texas at Iowa State

Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack & Samantha Ponder

ESPN

Western Kentucky at Louisiana-Monroe

Mark Neely & Jay Walker

ESPNU

Fri, Oct 4

9 p.m.

Nevada at San Diego State

Carter Blackburn, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams

ESPN

Sat, Oct 5

Noon

No. 25 Maryland at No. 8 Florida State

Dave Pasch, Brian Griese & Tom Luginbill

ESPN

Michigan State at Iowa

Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway & Paul Carcaterra

ESPN2

Illinois at Nebraska

Tom Hart & John Congemi

ESPNU

Rutgers at SMU

Dave Lamont & David Diaz-Infante

ESPNEWS

No. 7 Louisville at Temple

Eamon McAnaney, Anthony Becht & Brooke Weisbrod

ESPN3 & RSN *

Eastern Michigan at Buffalo

Michael Reghi & Doug Graber

ESPN3 & RSN *

Ball State at Virginia

ESPN3 & RSN *

12:21 p.m.

Georgia State at No. 1 Alabama

Dave Neal, Andre Ware & Cara Capuano

ESPN3 & SEC TV *

12:30 p.m.

North Carolina at Virginia Tech

ESPN3 & ACC Network *

1 p.m.

Army at Boston College

Shawn Kenney & Pete Najarian

ESPN3

Central Michigan at Miami (Ohio)

Jim Barbar & Rocky Boiman

ESPN3

Columbia at Princeton

Dave Popkin & KC Keeler

ESPN3

South Alabama at Troy

ESPN3 *

Saint Francis at Central Connecticut State

ESPN3

1:30 p.m.

Elon at Furman

ESPN3

2 p.m.

Ohio at Akron

Dave Weekley & John Gregory

ESPN3

3 p.m.

Jacksonville State at Tennessee-Martin

Jim Barbar & John Gregory

ESPN3

Western Michigan at Toledo

ESPN3 *

Southern Illinois at South Dakota State

ESPN3 *

3:30 p.m.

Minnesota at No. 19 Michigan

Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham & Jeannine Edwards

ABC & ESPN2 **

No. 3 Clemson at Syracuse

Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman & Shannon Spake

ABC & ESPN2 **

Kansas State at No. 21 Oklahoma State

Bob Wischusen, Rod Gilmore & Quint Kessenich

ABC

Georgia Tech at No. 14 Miami (Fla.)

Anish Shroff, Kelly Stouffer & Nikki Noto

ESPNU

NC State at Wake Forest

ESPN3 & RSN *

Atlanta Football Classic: South Carolina State vs. North Carolina A&T

Joe Davis & Jay Walker

ESPN3 ^

Northern Illinois at Kent State

ESPN3 *

Massachusetts at Bowling Green

ESPN3 *

4 p.m.

McNeese State at Central Arkansas

ESPN3 *

4:30 p.m.

UCF at Memphis

Joe Meyers & Kevin O’Connell

ESPN3

7 p.m.

No. 10 LSU at Mississippi State

TV: Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen & Maria Taylor

Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie & Joe Schad

ESPN & ESPN Radio

Arkansas at No. 18 Florida

Mark Jones, Brock Huard & Kaylee Hartung

ESPN2

No. 24 Ole Miss at Auburn

Clay Matvick, Matt Stinchcomb & Dawn Davenport

ESPNU

Cincinnati at South Florida

John Sadak, Al Groh & Tiffany Greene

ESPN3

Texas State at Louisiana-Lafayette

ESPN3 *

7:30 p.m.

Kentucky at No. 13 South Carolina

ESPN3 & RSN *

Missouri at Vanderbilt

Matt Stewart, Chris Doering & Joe Budden

ESPN3 & RSN *

8 p.m.

No. 4 Ohio State at No. 16 Northwestern

Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit & Heather Cox

ABC

10:30 p.m.

No. 15 Washington at No. 5 Stanford

Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge & Holly Rowe

ESPN

* Local blackout may apply

** Reverse mirror in which ESPN2 will regionalize two games on ABC to markets not receiving the telecast